First Methodist Episcopal Church (Pueblo, Colorado) Explained

First Methodist Episcopal Church
Location:400 Broadway St., Pueblo, Colorado
Coordinates:38.2553°N -104.6231°W
Built:1902
Architect:George W. Roe
Architecture:Romanesque
Added:November 14, 1979
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:79000620

The old First Methodist Episcopal Church, also known as First Methodist Episcopal Church, South, is a historic redbrick Southern Methodist church building located at 400 Broadway in Pueblo, Colorado. Designed by George W. Roe in the Romanesque Revival style of architecture, it was built in 1902. In 1939 it became the Trinity Methodist Church. Bought by the George F McCarthy Funeral Home in 1954, it is now the George McCarthy Historic Chapel and is used for funeral services.[1] [2] [3]

On November 14, 1979, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places

It is a one-and-a-half-story stretcher bond brick building.

The church was organized in 1871 and had its first building, the Corona Chapel, built in 1877 at what is now 217 Midway.[4]

Notes and References

  1. https://archive.today/20120308132831/http://www.redbubble.com/people/craigsmom/art/2364068-3-george-mccarthy-historical-chapel George McCarthy Historic Chapel
  2. Web site: Colorado Historical Society listings for Pueblo County . 2008-09-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080828132704/http://www.coloradohistory-oahp.org/programareas/register/1503/cty/pe.htm#pueblo . 2008-08-28 . dead .
  3. http://www.historicdistricts.com/co/Pueblo/state.html National Register of Historic Places listings for Pueblo County
  4. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=79000620}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: First Methodist Episcopal Church / First Methodist Episcopal Church, South / Trinity Methodist Church ]. National Park Service. James Munch . Albert W. Scarffe . December 12, 1978 . September 16, 2018. With